Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-06
CLEVELAND SAYS NO.
Sensational Statement Published by
Leading Western Domacrailc
Journal.
The President Will Not Under Any
Circumstances Accept a Second
Term.

A special dispatch FROM Washington 10
the ST. Louis hrpubt.ron gives tins ral.aef
startling information:
President Cleveland neither wishes nor Viii
accent u denomination. This viii DO s1'.f'ii"s
information to the country, setting n1 rsse 80
important question OF u second term, no" .lI
subject of Interested consideration IN lollllcai
circles everywhere. The correspondent Of the
Repub lean has the highest possible authof1eS
for the statement, EowcVsl, and 1t can DE oG.
pended upon as strictly and elltireiy true. ~
comes from the President himself, VINO llauo
a declaration to this effect wednesday 70 1t
prominent Democratic Senator from one OF lne
Western States, who is on terms OF especial III.
timacy at the White House. The Ifesidoh1
smoke with so much DELHI rate earnestless ann
such studied emphasis thai the senator WIN
whom he was talking is certain there is no rea-
son to question his perfect and entire sincerity;
His manner, no less than his words, Indicated
that the declaration was simply tho aecls'on ol
n firm resolution winch had resulted from care
full consideration of nll phases OF the matter.
The President said he had not given my lntll1a-
ton of his feelings to the representatives OF the
press for the simple reason that he felt nothing
he might say about not wishing or being wlllin;
to take Il second term would be beloved. II
hardly expect anybody to believe it, he said,
except my wife, but it is SO none the less"
Continuing, he added: EVERYTHING i do,
every appointment 1 make, they think it is to
| secure reelection. On the contrary, l am count
ing the days that remain until my release IRON
office, just us if ] were q prisoner in confine'
ment." No man, he said, could endure the
| severe strain of such laLor, at once physical
| and mental, for u longer period than four years
without risk of permanent injury to his health.
For these reasons he could not think OF Il con
tinuance of his term beyond the four years ne
! has now half completed. Nothing, he siMd 20
his Senatorial visitor, would persuade nm To
alter this resolution, which he had deliberately
formed. He did not want a second term, and nc
did not believe there were any obligations OF
public duty which could require him to foregc
his personal wishes
The Senator, who has repeated this slgnlil'
cant conversation to his friends, says that while
the President was not talking for the purpose
of getting his views about reelection before the
public, there was no intimation that he desired
his words to be regarded us confidential. The
Senator has spoken freely of the interview tC
personal friends without any injunction of Sc
crecy. and it is not unlikely this private dis
cussion Of the matter will eventually pro
woke some formal and public utterlnce by tile
President The Senator is quite sure there
was none Of the coy strategy of the artful
politician VINO thinks by this device to appear
as being sought by rather than seeking the Of
flee in this disnvowal of second-term ambition
by President Cleveland. He is convinced thai
every word is meant for just what it implies
and that it will be wholly useless to plan the
next campaign on the basis of n denomination
of Cleveland.
The President was specific and decided il
saying he could not be induced by any possible
considerations to change his mind, that there
could be brought to bear to alter a resolution
determined alike by every consideration of per
sonal comfort and happiness and by the most
conscientious regard for what could fairly be
asked OF him as u putriotic servant OF the
people.